Joseph Williams added of Adele's record: "Never has an album managed to identify with so many people before. It's beautiful and evokes so many emotions that are familiar to so many people... she completely deserves to win the prestige. "

Joshua Ball countered. "Are people seriously saying that Adele's album is better than Elbow's, Katy B's, PJ's and Everything Everything's? I think not!"

Tony Bottomley also agreed with the judges, saying: "PJ Harvey for me. By far the best album on the list, its themes and the way they are projected in the music leaves me numb... well not quite but nearly."